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As climate change reshapes Indigenous territories across Brazil, a new generation is turning to culture and digital platforms to defend their lands and their future.
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More than 2,500 years after Homer’s epic was first told, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster retelling of The Odyssey has brought the journey back to big screens worldwide. But, behind the sweeping plot is another character facing an odyssey of its own: the Mediterranean Sea.
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More than 1,000 days of war in Sudan have left millions of children out of school, displaced or exposed to grave violations, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Friday, calling for renewed action to end the conflict.
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As climate change reshapes Indigenous territories across Brazil, a new generation is turning to culture and digital platforms to defend their lands and their future.
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More than 2,500 years after Homer’s epic was first told, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster retelling of The Odyssey has brought the journey back to big screens worldwide. But, behind the sweeping…
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More than 1,000 days of war in Sudan have left millions of children out of school, displaced or exposed to grave violations, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Friday, calling…
Steven Stone is acting director of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Office of Science In 1934, American economist Simon Kuznets presented a paper to Congress advocating for a new way…
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Reacting to the acting Venezuelan government’s decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), as confirmed on 6 August, Ana Piquer, Amnesty International’s Americas Director,…
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Afghanistan faces ‘lost generation of talent and potential,’ Security Council hears
As the Security Council met on Afghanistan, senior officials and civil society representatives delivered a clear warning Monday: despite relative security under the Taliban, worsening humanitarian conditions, restrictions on women and growing economic pressures are creating a fragile and uncertain future.
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Security Council LIVE: UN officials warn humanitarian toll in Ukraine is worsening
The Security Council met on Monday amid a sharp escalation in hostilities across Ukraine, where UN officials warned that the war has reached its deadliest point since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Briefing members, Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for political affairs, said recent months had seen some of the most extensive aerial attacks of the conflict, […]
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Countries urged to ‘go further, faster’ and deliver on climate commitments
The United Nations climate chief called on Monday for countries to step up action to implement existing commitments, warning that fossil fuel dependency is deepening economic instability and exposing vulnerable communities to worsening climate impacts.
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More than half of staff who died in service worked in Gaza, UN chief says at memorial
From peacekeepers to math teachers, 136 UN personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2025 were commemorated on Monday morning in an annual service hosted by the Secretary-General.
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Deadly quake strikes Philippines on first day of school year
A powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday morning just as millions of children were returning to school after the summer break.
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Children are dying as US sanctions push Cuba to the brink, warns UN human rights chief
Children are dying because doctors cannot access essential medicines, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said in a stark warning on Monday, calling for the immediate lifting of United States sanctions against the Caribbean nation that were causing “widespread harm”.
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Why sustainable alternatives to plastic are struggling to compete
Plastic pollution is choking the ocean, but sustainable alternatives – including seaweed – remain held back by tariffs, fragmented regulations and the overwhelming market advantage enjoyed by fossil fuel-based plastics.
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Humanity’s future depends on protecting the rapidly changing ocean
The ocean covers more than 70 per cent of the planet and regulates climate, sustains biodiversity, and supports economies and cultures worldwide. It’s the foundation of life on Earth.
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Cambodia: Evidence suggests scamming compounds bypassed despite high-profile ‘crackdown’
Amnesty research contradicts state narrative on mass scamming crackdown Collusion between police and gangs help compounds avoid raids 73 survivors interviewed; none screened or recognized as victims of trafficking The Cambodian government’s high-profile crackdown on scamming compounds has failed to dismantle the vast majority of sites in the country or protect and support thousands of […]
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Kosovo PM wins snap vote, but with no majority
Sunday’s vote, the country’s third in just over a year, was marked by low turnout. The country’s prolonged political crisis has further debilitated an already ailing economy.